Salt Dough Easter Eggs

1. 2 bowls
2. Plain flour
3. Salt
4. Water
5. Acrylic paints
6. Paint brushes
7. PVA glue
8. Tray
9. Pencils
10. Egg-shaped cookie cutter
11. Ribbon

First session

1. Make 2 lots of salt dough in 2 different bowls, so the group can share the task and work together
2. Place 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of salt in each bowl
3. Invite one person to mix the dough by hand and another to gradually add the water to each bowl, so everyone is kept busy
4. Knead the mixture and add a little more water, if necessary
5. Next roll the dough out 1cm to 1.5cm thick
6. Ask each person in turn to cut out egg shapes using the cookie cutter
7. At the pointiest bit of the egg, make a small hole about 5mm wide, so you can thread ribbon through
8. Let the eggs harden in a warm room on a sheet of newspaper for a few days

Second session

1. Lay out the paints in trays and give each person an egg
2. Inspire people with ideas of patterns they could paint on their egg
3. Invite them to lightly draw the pattern with a pencil and begin painting
4. Once finished, let the paint dry
5. Seal the paint with PVA and dry
6. Finally, thread a ribbon through the hole and hang around the home or give as a lovely Easter gift

Want to do the session in one go? Just dry the dough in a microwave for 10 seconds on a microwavable plate.